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darioizzo2

Physics - Locating Objects with Quantum Radar - 1 views

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    Of interest for debris monitoring and SSA? It has been suggested in the kelvins discussions.....
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    this is something that I think would really make sense to look closer into, also checking what ESA might have already done on it
Annalisa Riccardi

Space View Project - 2 views

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    Crowdsourcing space debris monitoring
LeopoldS

Meteorite Crashes In Russia, Panic Spreads (Updating) - 5 views

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    Latest update: the European Space Agency says their experts "confirm there is no link between the meteor incidents in Russia and asteroid 2012DA14 flyby tonight". How did they find this? As they did not see this one coming, how could they come to that conclusion that early!
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    As you can see from the videos of this meteorite it is coming in from an east to south-east direction (i.e. the direction of the sunrise, more or less). 2012DA14 is coming from due south as you can see here: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/how-to-watch-asteroid-2012-da14/ So the two objects seem to be coming from different directions - at least that would be my explanation.
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    My point is, that if you want to come to such a conclusion (that it is not rubble) you need to be able to construct back the orbits of both objects. 2012DA14 has been observed for one year only, but it is well enough. When the meteor has been observed for the first time, such that we knew its orbit? has it been observed before? if yes, why the impact has not been predicted?
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    If you can show that they come from different directions you know that they are not associated, even if you don't reconstruct their orbits.
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    I don't think so. If both objects were part of the same, they would be on different but intersecting orbits anyway, hence different directions. Anyway, I am not knowledgeable in atmospheric entry ... But, with so few information about the object, I am surprised they are 100% certain it is not related to DA14. I think science requires more cautions ... With only the direction they are 100% sure, while the probability of such event is itself extremely small, I am amazed... They can't even predict with 100% certainty where a space debris will fall... plus, nobody consider the object being part of a bigger one that broke up during early entry (which has not been observed) ... so many uncertainties and possible hypothesis... and i am not the only one :) http://www.infowars.com/russian-meteor-linked-to-da14-asteroid/
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    was not that evident to me also but apparently with the right understanding it was quite clear; was amazed also how quickly NASA has published the likely trajectory of the russian object - have a look at it: quite evident that these are not coming from the same body
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    yes, now i get my 100% certainty with the reconstructed orbits nothing else (http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/Watch%20the%20Skies/posts/post_1361037562855.html) ... I still think that esa anouncemement was highly premature but with a high probability of being right...
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    Some more results on the topic (link to an arxiv article inside): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21579422
LeopoldS

Civilians try to pull retired NASA craft from space - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 0 views

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    nice story ...
LeopoldS

Effective Space Solutions Ltd - YouTube - 3 views

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    israeli startup betting on an orbital tug to put telecom sats into graveyard orbit ...
Dario Izzo

Back to Earth with a splash! Fisherman finds car-sized fragment of a SPACE ROCKET in a ... - 4 views

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    ooops ....
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    Where is the sticker saying "if found, please post this item unstamped to the following address"?
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    Yup, it's ours... Still, better take it out of the river than in the face. Such a big one especially.
Joris _

Spaceflight Now | Falcon Launch Report | Falcon rocket meets fiery end after three week... - 1 views

  • the truck-sized vehicle would have streaked back into the atmosphere and burned up over Iraq and Syria
Joris _

Giant Nets Could Some Day Capture Space Trash - PCWorld - 2 views

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    It was also presented during SpaceTech.
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    sorry reposted that again, since I work thru my emails backwards ;)
Francesco Biscani

Slashdot News Story | Pacific Trash Vortex To Become Habitable Island? - 2 views

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    cool. space station made from space debris?
Joris _

Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Sweden's Prisma satellites go their separate ways - 1 views

  • exotic green propellant maneuvering systems
  • In the two months since launch, controllers have powered up the satellites' navigation and formation flying equipment, tested its green propellant thruster, and successfully navigated around orbital debris threats.
  • a smorgasbord of payloads
Juxi Leitner

The Associated Press: Launch set for US satellite to monitor space junk - 0 views

  • It's designed to give the Air Force its first full-time, space-based surveillance of satellites and debris in Earth's orbit. It monitors them for possible collisions.
Joris _

FASTSAT performing well; launch of small satellite coming next week | al.com - 0 views

  • Being able to launch a satellite from a satellite has numerous potential benefits to the military and scientists, but those benefits depend on the smaller satellite not hitting the mother ship when it launches and going where it needs to go.If the sail can deploy as planned to its 100-square-foot size - about as big as a six-person camping tent - and can guide the smaller satellite to its planned re-entry, it would also illustrate a new way to bring satellites back to Earth and reduce orbiting space junk.
Luís F. Simões

Russia To Spend 2 Bln Dollars For Space Clean-Up - 1 views

  • "The corporation promised to clean up the space in ten years by collecting about 600 defunct satellites on the same geosynchronous orbit and sinking them into the ocean subsequently,"
  • He said the cleaning satellite would work on nuclear power and be capable to work up to 15 years.
  • Energia said that the company would complete the cleaning satellite work-out and assembly by 2020 and test the device no later than in 2023.
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    Hehe... as far as I know the Russians, they won't miss a chance to "clean up" a few enemy satellites too...
Nina Nadine Ridder

Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Military agency studying space garbage service - 5 views

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    that Prof. Klinkrad that gave the space debris lecture here was there as far as I know (at the conference/meeting mentioned)
Eduardo Martin Moraud

On whether to re-brand space junk as "historical heritage"... - 3 views

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    For those working on space debris removal... Watch out for moon-protection activists that will accuse you of distroying a historical heritage: "There are countless places on Earth that have been awarded protection to preserve their historic or cultural importance. The moon has none. But that may be about to change...."
Tobias Seidl

Self-assembled artificial cilia - PNAS - 1 views

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    Cilia are hairs driven by molecular motors. They are found in monocellular organisms, etc. If we can build such things artificially, we have micro-pumps etc. Any space usability?
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    carlo's distributed actuator study originally considered cilia as well as peristaltic motion if i remember right. i suppose you might still think about debris transport for digging applications. Originally there was an idea for thermal transport aswell which, it turns out, was bollocks.
Juxi Leitner

Open Source Satellite Initiative | machine project - 3 views

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    All the satellite-related systems (except for the rocket to launch it) are DIY programs -- designed so that regular people may also have the chance of developing and eventually launching their own.
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    The book is actually funny to read ... but this is not serious! Is it ?
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    I was saying that mainly because of some flaws - the piggy-pack installation, no dedicated stage, the limited control, ... It is so far very funny, but once he can fill all the gaps, it should be an excellent initiative - although careful about the debris if anyone has its own ;p
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    his quote: "when art becomes practical, we call it technology; when technology becomes useless, we call it art" ... this is probably the later one ....
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